Table 5.

Serum ceruloplasmin, copper oxidase, and copper in WD patients.

Generally	Men (mean and SD)	Women (mean and SD)	P-value
Neuropsychiatric form
Ceruloplasmin in μg/ml	72.28 ± 46.56	66.93 ± 36.58	0.172
Serum copper level in μmol/l	3.73 ± 2.54	3.54 ± 2.06	0.378
Hepatic form
Ceruloplasmin in μg/ml	60.98 ± 26.11	55.85 ± 27.88	0.438
Serum copper level in μmol/l	3.48 ± 1.81	3.92 ± 2.03	0.344
Presymptomatic form
Ceruloplasmin in μg/ml	57.59 ± 23.40	67.55 ± 41.01	0.570
Serum copper level in μmol/l	3.29 ± 1.83	3.20 ± 1.69	0.930

P for significance after Bonferroni correction: 0.006.